English Explanatory Dictionary

derepress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To activate a gene by the removal of a repressor
  2. To cease to repress (a belief, memory, etc.).

Word forms

derepress derepresses derepressing derepressed

Etymology

From de- + repress.

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